San Diego Guitar Festival
The inaugural edition of the San Diego Guitar Festival will be happening just next month, April 22–24, 2016, and fulfills a worthwhile goal: This festival is intended to provide free concerts and master classes...
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Taiwan International Guitar Festival and Competition
The Taiwan International Guitar Festival and Competition will be held on August 6–14, 2016 with an array of international talent. In addition to local artist Shih-Yu Liu—artistic director of the festival—TIGF will be bringing...
Amazing (very) young guitarist!
It is always fascinating and inspiring to see young guitarists play well beyond their years, and this is no exception. This young classical guitarist is almost as tall as the instrument he is playing...
UNMANAGEABLE: A farewell to PR Concert Artists
In his book “Classical Guitarists: Conversations”, author Jim Tosone had the visionary idea of interviewing the most important classical guitar artist manager in history: Harold Shaw. Anyone familiar with the names Julian Bream, John...
TOP 10 GUITAWESOME EVENTS FOR 2015
In a world where it is increasingly difficult to conduct a sustainable life as a classical guitarist, any good news are a matter of celebration. Fortunately, 2015 provides many reasons to look at the...
Whither the Segovia Legacy?
Some years ago, during a conversation with one of the most influential classical music managers in the world, the words “Andres Segovia” were uttered. The manager’s response: “Who is that?” This would not have...
Classifieds: (REAL) Guitar Administrators Wanted
We have all heard it: “I’ll invite you to my festival if you invite me to yours”. Is this a good idea? Some guitar administrators have an addition, and their addiction is hurting the makeup of the profession as a whole. Read more here.
Playing early music: a guitarist’s introduction to historically inspired performance #1
by Harold Gretton Introduction: The purpose of the following series of articles is to give guitarists of all calibers a brief introduction to Historically Inspired Performance (HIP). The present dissertation retains the practice established...
4 Reasons I won’t lend you my Guitar
“My name is “Guitar Collector”. I might perform in the local guitar orchestra or attend the concerts that the Guitar Society of my locality presents. I buy the CD’s, I buy the season pass,...
Classical Guitar Orchestras: Another view II (Reloaded)
It has been a while. During this time, I have been fortunate to give a well attended lecture at the GFA Convention, visit this small event called the World Cup in Brazil, and while...
